krause



W. T. KRAUSE.

PUMP.

APPLICATION HLED my lo. 191B.

Patented June 3, 1919.

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VTTTW W. T. KHAUSE.

PUMP.

APPLICATxoN FILED MAY 1oA me.

Patented J une 3, 1919.

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ill/f UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

WILL T. KRAUSE, OF DINUBA, CALIFORNIA.

PUMP.

Application filed May 10, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILL T. KRAUSE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Dinuba, in the fyounty of Tulare and rState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pumps of the eentrifugal or impeller type of a character adapted to be suspended in well casings, the movable member of which rotates in a horizontal plane and acts to force the water npwardly through the well casing.

The present invention provides a pump of this character possessing several important advantages, in that it embodies a self contained structure adapted to be lowered into a conventional well casing and adapted to form a substantially fluid tight joint therewith' at any desired point in the height of the well easing, such point being determinable from the surface of the ground, so that the pumps may be utilized in well casings that are already in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pump of this character discharging at a plurality of points about the periphery of the impeller whereby resistance to the movement of the water is decreased, while at the same time the impeller is protected to a material extent from the back wash or thrust of the column of water thereabove.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view illustrating one type of pump embodying the principles of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view upon line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view upon line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view4 upon line 4-4 of F ig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention, and,

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view upon line 6-6 of Fi 5.

Like numer s designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, 5 designates a well casing of conventional form. It will be noted that one of the important features of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919.

Serial No. 233,739.

the invention is that this casing is caused to serve both as a suction and discharge pipe for the pump. The pump proper comprises a cylinder 7 having a bottom 8 that is provided with an intake collar 9. Secured to the Walls of this cylinder by ears 10 is a horizontal plate 11 of smaller diameter than the cylinder7 which lies in spaced relation to the bottom 8 and provides a chamber 12 within which the impeller or runner 13 is mounted for rotation. The impeller is provided with blades 14 that are of such shape as to throw the water outwardly when the impeller is rotated. Rotation of the impeller is effected by shafts 15 and 16 that are preferably connected by a universal joint 1i'. The shaft 15 has a bearing at 18 in the plate 11 and the shaft 16 is preferably suspended upon a thrust bearing such as that indicated at 19 in Fig. 5 by which bearing the shafts 15 and 16 and the impeller are held in such suspension as to relieve all friction between the bottom of the impeller and the plate 8.

The impeller comprises the top'plate 13, bottom plate 20 and an intake collar 21 which projects through the collar 9 of the plate 8, it being understood that the blades 14 are disposed between the plates 13 and 20. A ring 22 is secured by screws 23, or other suitable fastening devices, to the plate 8 and this ring in turn has secured thereto by screws 24, or other suitable fastening devices, a` leather or other iiexible packing ring 25. Strips 26 having out-turned lower ends 27 project beneath a spread-ring 28, which has its outer face inclined at 29. Suspension rods 30 have their lower ends engaged with ears 31 formed upon the spread-ring 28 and the upper portions of these suspension rods pass through brackets 32 that may be supported in any desired way or in any desired position adjacent the top of the well casing. I have in the present invention shown them as being carried by a ring 33.

When the pump is lowered into the well, the rings 22 and 28 move downwardly togetheruntil the suspension rods 30 reach the limit of their movement or until the angular ends 34 of said rods engage the ears 32, whereupon further downward movement of the suspension rods is rendered impossible and the rin 28 is brought to a stop. However the cylinder 7 and associated parts may continue their downward movement to such extent as to forcibly jam the paoking ring 25 between the inclined face 29 of the ring resistance to themdischa'r e Iof Lhewate is 2H end the adjacent part of the well casing top plete 13 ol the iinpeller tending to 2th to thereby forni u fluid ti ht joint et this throw the waiter from beneath the plete 11 point. It will thus be seenit mt theipresenti end 4noting-,Jus before'steted, to relieve the structure provides Ineens for securing e top plete of the iinpeller of some of the tight joint between the uni) and the well. Weight of the water thereabove.

(fusing at anyv desired point, t iis point being Where pumps of this type are provided drterinned bytthetlengthmf theurods 30: witl-rn single discharge outlet, the-choking This structure provides inetrnshpontrollgble.Oflhe putletlendsjo decrease the efficiency from accessible positions et the top of the of he pump. lt will be noted that in the welll casing Vfor Hisecuriii'ig such, fludmtightwpresent ense, the ilnpellerdisohargesnntsubjointnt enyldesiiredlpointuin thedieiglil; pfwstnntitrllyall pointsgnnd lwnterl ,rretion :1 well casing already y1n position. `flllemstl'lps!`y thereby largely eliminated. ,4

2G hold thepjingslgzngnd28 rin. assembled Froingthe fol-egoing description it willbe position with respt. to ,eaeh .ot `er v, urinlg F seen thztt silnfple angl eliieien't rneensnre ,he/rer the timethnttherpujnp beingflowyerediptou in -proyided i orl accomplishing, thevobwetsof the Well, but preventundue| Separation pfmthe invention.l It is to bemuntlensteoddiolW-- these rings nnd insure that thesstrnpturefns ever lthat the invention is not liinitedtothe n whole will be easily andgentlylowered to i `precise construction setfortlh but that it in' operative position, cludes within itspururejvv Whatever changes,

In the form oftheinvention illustrated in fairly come-within the spirit ofthenpppnds Figs. 5 und 6, the parte are substantially ed elaiins. like those heretofore ilespribedwP `and 1n so Having' described my invelitioii rwhatr `,I fnl' ns the parts nre the suuiethe sinne referclniln is:

ence numerals have beenepplied. y HOWBYer l. The combination `with :t Wellensing, of

in this case the ineens for .forming n tight n eylinderof substantially equa-l limnetrmtoL joint betweenthe puinpproper andthevypell. thecnsingma plete disposedin dseid Qylilnder easing 5, comprises@ ixed, rin (lOthagt l .and of smallerfdienieterthentlieeylindeito secured in thejvellcasingrlett elpofint ret,UthereloyA leave a dischargeontletlrbollt ythe which it iS .desired toiletethe Pue-inf; edge @fthe ,Seid Plate e' romy. m'psller; Packing ring 41 `0f hebben rlfbbenr ,other mounted. beneath ,said placmd .w'ithinttthe Suitable llmtelil is Carried. .by the ,botten cylinder and @n.ininlzi pollanmneibmhe, plate 8 Of thetcylln'dslaamlrestsvpennnd 4iinfugiellfut-@indisnnmlledleehtrdlnin thsbbt orins a ti ht )ointuponAtherngfl.; .Itis tom of said cylindenw l t0 be Ote that@ bofhffolms ,Qfldlwin:,L 2- In @dei/iced thecharedemdsxbss', a vention, thefvei Vht of the pumppis vutilized cylinder having rotary-*impeller monnte to secure the fluid `tightwjoint, the Weight of thereirneeornpressible,pExpiring;member,enr;` the pump, in the structure.illustrated in .riedthenebjg n spreedetfwringwmeans Afor Fig. 1, acting to juin the ringggbetween. holding thef eylinde; end ,spreeder rinunlnr the inclined face 29land the easing 5 and predetermined relationduringthebtjinethet l the weight of the pump "in the structure `they arelowered intwaa well ,mennsfor illustrated in Eig. *5 serving to jam they ring holding the spreeder ring egeinst downward 41 between the ringflO and the underside of Vmovement;giften ,ge predeteijninedzdownwerd the cylinder. movement ofithelsainepd Ineens upgnsifl,

The operation'of theudeviee is as follows: Spreader ring ooa'tingQ with,r ,thehpaplging Rota-tion bvedmperted, t0 ,the ,impllr member t0 force tlmlettergailnt-the-iaee Water ROWS upwardly thrughfthe .Subtlfm @fthewellnasng-eren wntinudrlOWM-efd Portion 5 '0f th'fale; hrughJhe in-1 moyementnfhe. pum Cylinder eftemtheMA take collar 21 of theiim eller -@und `is'tlilgown l movement of the spr en evrgringgeases, n; outwardlv by the Bla, es". 0 the.mpllr.. 3 `The.@enllenfitieiii.YWithin. nell easiest,

Water discharged at the 'eriphery of ,the e pump structure adapted, to wlamflov'vexecitl5 fornied bet/Ween the edge of the'plte 1v1 end. 1pump' structure, a spreder`,`r1ng1 Ineens 015, 1v

the Wall of the cj'flinden it being'l a par-@nt Apelflpqv'tt.mg.:Bvd limited-I dommmrd m y mm from an inspctignof that ls lrll 0f Athe'Sprealder ring and for n(then,(idlliillifgj5"i the interim' @f the Cylindlf "S0 ,tbf the ment and e, packing mi dischargellrlligare ofconsiderable Y g area and extendentirelyv around theedge'of and* enxpnndeds by :the Weghtvgf 'thepupg u s matemny 'Smaller in lginflelhw tsidspreeder fllffgieganst. further: muy@ 20 the plate 11 Yez'reept 'et those .poivntswwherg. upon continued downward mowemqnt ,of the ears 10 are located.` Conseqiierrtulythe4. punipefterrthemantieneelnl oftliespre decreased sind*theplzite` l neli v esvthegm; peller to a considerable extent o the-we1ght of the column of Water thereaboye, t eeenf Pumpylinder pf @up 1k@ .formation i.l

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inder having a central opening, a depending packing ring -carried by the pump cylinder,

a spreader ring having an inclined outer face, clips engaging the spreader ring and the pump cylinder but preventing complete separation of these members, vertically extending members connected to the spreader ring and adapted to hold the s reader ring against downward movement a ter a predetermined downward movement of the same and an impeller disposed in the cylinder and having a central intake collar projecting through the opening in the bottom of the pump cylinder.

5. The combination with a Well casing of a pump cylinder of cup like formation of such size as to fit snugly therein, a plate disposed horizontally in said cylinder and of smaller diameter than the cylinder to thereby leave a discharge outlet about the edge of the plate, a rotary impeller disposed beneath said plate, an intake collar upon the impeller projecting through the bottom of the pump cylinder, a ring carried by the bottom of the pump cylinder, a flexible packing ring carried by the first named ring, a Spreader ring with which the packing ring coacts, vertically extending rods by Which the spreader ring is supported and means for permitting a limited downward movement of said rods and preventing their further movement after such limited downward movement.

6. The combination with a Well casing of a pump structure comprising tWo parts connected to be lowered together into the well casing but capable of limited relative movement, means for holding one of said parts against further movement after a predetermined downward movement into the well casing and means operable under the Weight of the pump and acting against the said held part to form a fluid tight joint with the Wall of the casing.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

WILL T. KRAUSE.

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